Gas insert installation planned around your Carver Shores fireplace
Gas insert installation in Carver Shores with the opening measured, the liners run and the surround fitted clean. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
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Measured at your Carver Shores fireplace, priced in writing
Our installer takes a tape, a light and the insert manual to your Carver Shores fireplace. These are the kinds of items that come back in writing.
- Masonry or factory-built fireplace, and what the insert manual allows
- Damper locked fully open or removed for the liners
- Exhaust and intake liners from the insert collars to the chimney top
- Hearth and floor covering in front of the insert
The engineering behind a gas insert in Carver Shores
Each point below comes from the insert manuals and the gas code, and each one shapes your Carver Shores estimate.
Minimum opening sizes come from the manual
Every insert has a minimum fireplace opening it needs with its standard surround: a width at the front, a width at the back, a height and a depth. The Supreme manual gives a table for each insert size, and a separate one for a deeper surround.
We measure your firebox against the table for the model you like, before you buy it. If the opening is too small for that model, you hear it at the inspection, along with a smaller size or a different insert that will fit properly.
Power for the blower and ignition
Many gas inserts need household power for a blower, lights or electronic ignition. Heat & Glo shows an outlet box fitted in a bottom back corner of the existing fireplace, or the supplied cord routed out onto the hearth to a nearby outlet.
An outlet inside the firebox keeps the cord out of sight, and it is electrical work done by an electrician. We plan its position around the insert's cord length and list it on its own estimate line.
Blue flames that turn yellow
When a gas insert first lights, the flames often look blue. The owner's manual explains that this is normal operation and that the flames begin to turn yellow once the appliance has burned for twenty to forty minutes.
We let the insert run long enough at startup to see the flame settle. If it stays blue, lifts off the burner or leaves heavy soot, we adjust it before we leave.
Replacing an older gas insert
An insert at the end of its life can usually be replaced with a new one, but the new model brings its own requirements. Its minimum opening, vent kit, collar positions and gas connection may all differ from the old unit.
We remove the old insert and look at what it leaves behind. Old liners are reused only when the new model's manual lists them as part of its system and they are in good condition. Otherwise the new insert gets the vent it was tested with.
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Quick gas insert answers for Carver Shores
Still weighing it up? Read these, then book the free visit in Carver Shores.
What if I smell gas after the install?
Get out of the house at once and phone 911 or your gas utility once you are outside, without lighting anything or touching switches or phones on the way. Once the utility says the house is safe, our team will come back and check the installation.
Why does a new insert smell during the first fires?
The paint and materials cure during the first long burns, and that gives off a smell. Makers describe a break-in burn with the windows open and the fireplace on high for a few hours. The smell fades once the curing is done.
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